The CHICAGO TRIBUNE's David Griesing writes Beijing
as an Olympic city "is a case study in the curious mix of tension
and pride, self-confidence and insecurity, sudden riches and stubborn
poverty, and new freedom and central control – the yin and yang that define
a country in the throes of disruptive change" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE).

ESPN.com's Bomani Jones writes of Oklahoma
natives Clay Bennett and T. Boone Pickens: "If you
get filthy stinkin' rich, you can spend your money any ludicrous way you
see fit. Their behavior is foolish, wasteful … and absolutely captivating"
(ESPN.com).